[thelist] Font sizing revisited
Bruce Heerssen
bruce at heerssen.com
Wed Oct 17 00:02:10 CDT 2001
An age-old conundrum (in web years) to be sure, but one that was never
answered to my satisfaction. Specifying font sizes in pixels means that
they are not resizable in most browsers and lead to tiny text for people
that browse at high resolutions on small monitors. Em's have problems as
well, as do percentages.
So, I've resorted to using named sizes (x-small, large, xx-large, etc.).
Unlike other methods, this method sizes text according to the default
size in the browser's preferences menu. I have yet to find a (reasonably
modern) browser that does not recognize these units. My thinking is
this: most users probably have the default font size in their browser
set to a comfortable level, so all I need to do is size the text
relative to their default. And, if they don't have their browser prefs
set up, this method does respond to resizing.
Is this a good strategy? If not, why? Are there any reasonably popular
browser/OS combinations that don't play well with this strategy?
TIA
-Bruce
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